esto te pasa por no hacerme casothis is what comes of not listening to me;this wouldn't have happened (to you) if you'd listened to me;¿qué te pasa?what's the matter?;¿qué le pasa a ese?what's the matter with him?

2(cambiar de lugar)[+objeto]

la cuerda pasa de un lado a otro de la callethe rope goes from one side of the street to the other;cuando muera la empresa pasará al hijowhen he dies the company will go to his son

la foto fue pasando de mano en manothe photo was passed around

pasó de mis manos a las suyasit passed from my hands into his

[+persona]to go

pasar a un cuarto contiguoto go into an adjoining room;pasar de Inglaterra al Canadáto go from England to Canada

te pasaré a buscar a las ochoI'll pick you up at eight;pasa a verme cuando quierascome round whenever you like

6(cambiar de situación)to go

el equipo ha pasado a primera divisiónthe team has gone up to the first division;y luego pasaron a otra cosaand then they went on to something else;ha pasado de ser tímida a no tenerle miedo a nadashe has gone from being shy to fearing nothing

ha pasado de ganar muy poco a cobrar un buen sueldo

pasar de teniente a generalto go from lieutenant to general

pasar a serto become

en muy poco tiempo ha pasado a ser un gran profesionalhe has become a real professional in a very short space of time

paso ahora a explicar mi posturaI will now go on to explain my position;pasar a decir algoto go on to say sth;ya va siendo hora de pasar a la acciónit is time for action

pasar de(exceder)

pasar de los límites

pasa ya de los 70he's over 70;esto pasa de ser una bromathis is beyond a joke;no pasa de ser un jugador mediocrehe's no more than an average player;no pasan de 60 los que lo tienenthose who have it do not number more than 60;fewer than 60 people have it

yo de ahí no pasothat's as far as I'm prepared to go

de ésta no pasathis is the very last time

de hoy no pasa que le escribaI'll write to him this very day

pasar con poco

pasar sin

tendrá que pasar sin cochehe'll have to get by o manage without a car;no puede pasar sin ellahe can't manage without her

pasa por todo con tal que no le hagan trabajar

12(Naipes)to pass

yo pasopass

13especialmente(España)(mostrarse indiferente)

yo pasocount me out

pasar de algo/algn

yo paso de políticaI'm not into politics;paso de todoI couldn't care less;pasa olímpicamente de todo lo que le dicenhe doesn't take the blindest bit of notice of anything they say to him;paso de ti, chavalI couldn't care less about you, pal

los pasa a todos en inteligenciashe's more intelligent than any of them;para ganar debes pasar a muchos contrincantesto win you have to beat a lot of opponents;me pasa ya 3cmhe's already 3cm taller than I am

19(Automóviles)to pass;overtake

20(omitir)

pasar algo por altoto overlook sth

pasar por alto un detalleto overlook a detail

21[+tiempo]to spend

pasar las vacacionesto spend one's holidays;voy a pasar el fin de semana con ellaI'm going to spend the weekend with her;fuimos a pasar el día en la playawe went to the seaside for the day;lo pasaremos tan ricamentewe'll have such a good time

pasarlo (+ adv)

pasarlo biento have a good time;¡que lo pases bien!have a good time!;enjoy yourself!;pasarlo malto have a bad time;lo pasamos muy malwe had an awful time

no se pasará si se tapa la botellait will keep if you put the cap back on the bottle

5(recocerse)

se ha pasado el arrozthe rice is overcooked

6[+tornillo, tuerca]to get overscrewed

7(excederse)

está bien hacer ejercicio pero no hay que pasarseit's good to exercise but there's no point in overdoing it;¡no te pases, o nos echarán del bar!steady on o cool it or they'll throw us out of the bar! (familiar);¡no te pases, que te voy a dar una torta!just watch it or I'll smack you in the face!;¡te has pasado, tío!(censurando)you've really gone and done it now!;(felicitando)well done, man! (familiar);nice one! (familiar);se pasa en mostrar agradecimientohe overdoes the gratitude;te has pasado mucho con ella, gritándole asíyou went much too far shouting at her like that

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